The ratio of visceral to subcutaneous fat, a metric of body fat distribution, is a unique correlate of cardiometabolic risk

Aims/hypothesis The anatomic location of excess body fat has an impact on associated cardiometabolic morbidity, and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is more pathogenic than subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT). However, VAT or SAT alone provides little information regarding the relative distribution of bo...

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Veröffentlicht in:Diabetologia 2012-10, Vol.55 (10), p.2622-2630
Hauptverfasser: Kaess, B. M., Pedley, A., Massaro, J. M., Murabito, J., Hoffmann, U., Fox, C. S.
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Zusammenfassung:Aims/hypothesis The anatomic location of excess body fat has an impact on associated cardiometabolic morbidity, and visceral adipose tissue (VAT) is more pathogenic than subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT). However, VAT or SAT alone provides little information regarding the relative distribution of body fat. We hypothesised that the propensity to store energy in VAT relative to SAT depots may be a correlate of cardiometabolic risk, and tested this hypothesis using the VAT/SAT ratio as a metric of fat distribution. Methods We investigated associations of the VAT/SAT ratio with cardiometabolic traits in 3,223 participants (48% women) from the Framingham Heart Study. Fat depots were quantified by multidetector computed tomography (CT) scanning. Results In women and men, higher VAT/SAT ratio was associated ( p  
ISSN:0012-186X
1432-0428
DOI:10.1007/s00125-012-2639-5